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Don't have Aadhaar? You can still verify your mobile number. Here's how

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A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in Rajasthan. Photo: Reuters

Kiran Rathee New Delhi
The government will soon put in place a mechanism for authentication of cellphone subscribers who do not have Aadhaar numbers. 

It may also explore another method for people unwilling to share their Aadhaar numbers with telecom companies. Such a method will conform with the Supreme Court’s mandate on re-verification of mobile subscribers.

People who did not have Aadhaar numbers might be provided the option of furnishing their passport, driving licence or ration card as proof of address and identity, sources said. 

The department of telecommunications (DoT) has announced a series of measures for simplifying the re-verification process using Aadhaar numbers

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